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Last year we grew a small amount of rye straw to be used in our straw blankets. It is taller and produces more per acre than wheat straw, making it perfect for erosion control blankets! Rye harvest is on the horizon. Here at SSF we have two fields we are cutting for seed to use…

We are baling a lot of straw this year and using new stripper heads. They only take the tops off the wheat and leave the stems tall for baling. Click here for some video footage of baling and stripping!

It’s 2020 y’all! We are starting off the new year with mild temps and a few thunderstorms. The shop is in full swing repair mode. We have guys working on trucks, semis, tractors, and equipment; prepping them for the coming months. Over on the cattle side things are chugging along. Mild winters are the best…

Everything is chugging along at Seven Springs Farms. Out in the shop, all of our our corn heads have been repaired and prepped for corn harvest. Now the disk and draper heads are getting their turn in the spotlight. Our mechanics stay busy between repairing equipment and vehicles year round. The cattle farm is planting…

Silage harvest is almost underway. We are giving the corn just a few more days of drying to get the moisture content just right. Hopefully our silage crew will be running before the end of the week. Our corn silage is used feed the cattle on our farm. What we use to fill up the…

Just like that, wheat harvest is over! We harvested over 7,500 acres of wheat in two weeks. Everyone is wore out and ready for vacation! We would like to say thank you to all of our guys and their families. Thank you all of your hard work and long hours put in during wheat harvest.…

It is almost wheat harvest time! We are expecting to have combines in the fields next week. Of course that all depends on how much rain we get between now and then. This is when the longest hours are put in at Seven Springs Farms. Our operators will work every day all day and into…

We are currently harvesting barley! This means the late nights of wheat harvest are just around the corner. The Seven Springs Farms crew works lots of overtime during June to make sure our wheat crop is harvested in its best condition. We have more beans to plant and more beans to haul to market. The…

It hay cutting time here in Cadiz! We are busy on the cattle farm cutting and rolling hay. We have two balers going at the moment, putting up straw and grass bales. If you have never been around cut hay curing in the field you are missing out! Hay has a wonderful sweet aroma while…